News: Twelve Actresses from Ten Countries Lead Urgent Protest Performance of “(beyond) Doomsday Scrolling” Feb 6-23


The predominantly queer-woman-led, immigrant, multigenerational, feminist theatre ensemble AnomalousCo presents (beyond) Doomsday Scrolling - an original part theater/part protest piece about women, war, displacement, and resistance. Collectively created over three years and directed by Kathryn Mederos Syssoyeva, (beyond) Doomsday Scrolling plays American Theatre of Actors from February 6-9, 2025. [UPDATE 13 Feb. 2025: The show's fun has been extended to include dates from February 14-23, 2025.]

(beyond) Doomsday Scrolling traces a single day in the life of twelve women fleeing different wars, from different countries and eras, and taking shelter together in an abandoned theater: a microcosm of intercultural conflict, friendship, violence, and resilience.

Embodying the war stories of their own female ancestors, twelve actresses from ten countries: Ukraine, Russia, Cuba, Poland, Iceland, Turkey, Moldova, China, Italy, and the USA, (beyond) Doomsday Scrolling weaves through the global landscape of systemic aggression, exploring themes of resilience, capitulation, submission, compassion fatigue and collective fear.

Speaking in twelve languages and allowing understanding to arise from the inherent power of empathy, (beyond) Doomsday Scrolling bears witness to the power of collective female resistance in the face of patriarchal violence - reframing the narrative of power.

This iteration of the show contains a revised script and new storylines. You can read our review of a previous version here, as well as our interview with members of AnomalousCo about that previous version here.

(beyond) Doomsday Scrolling features actors/creators Alina Mihailevschi (Moldova), Claudia Godi (Italy), Diana Zhdanova (Russia), Jeremy Goren (US), Kikki Lau (China), Lesya Verba (Ukraine), Merve Atabek (Turkey), Simona DeFeo (Italy), Tia Cassmira (US-Trinidad), Wilemina Olivia-Garcia (Cuba), Weronika Wozniak (Poland), and Ylfa Edelstein (Iceland). It is directed by Kathryn Mederos Syssoyeva and includes live music by Lesya Verba, Ylfa Edelstein, and the Ensemble. 

(beyond) Doomsday Scrolling runs 2 hours and plays at John Cullum Stage at American Theatre of Actors, 314 W. 54th Street, New York, New York 10019, on the following schedule:

7:30 p.m. Thursday, February 6
7:30 p.m. Friday, February 7
7:30 p.m. Saturday, February 8
7:00 p.m. Sunday, February 9

Tickets are $35 (first 10 tickets for each performance are $20, first come first served) and may be purchased at  www.tinyurl.com/anomalousdoomsday.

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